Structure of Physics 2, Summer 2020, Lab

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Name: _____Flo Brizeus
Coin Toss - Report ______________
Date: ___09/06/2010
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Complete and submit this Report file. The item numbers below correspond to the
numbers in the Instructions file. In your answers, be sure to use the correct units and an
appropriate number of significant figures.

1-6. Complete the data table

# Coins C Trial 1 Trial 2 Trial 3 Trial 4 Trial 5 Mean H St. Dev.

𝜎
5 H 1 2 4 2 0 1.80 1.32
Δ 0.8 0.2 2.2 0.2 1.8 —— ——
H
10 H 4 3 4 5 7 4.6 1.36
Δ 0.60 1.60 0.60 0.40 2.40 —— ——
H
15 H 5 8 7 4 8 6.4 1.62
Δ 1.40 1.60 0.60 2.40 1.60 —— ——
H
8 H 6 5 3 5 2 4.2 1.47
Δ 1.80 0.80 1.20 0.80 2.20 —— ——
H

10. For your graph, record the equation of the best fit trend line:

- y = 0.4358x + 0.1094

1. Record the slope and and vertical intercept for the trendline according to the
equation above:

Slope = __0.4358_________
Intercept = ____0.1094________

2. Second the value of R2 for the linear fit.

R2 = _____0.9366______
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3. Submit the graph along with this report file.

Average Number of Heads

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6 f(x) = 0.44 x + 0.11
Experimental Value (H)

R² = 0.94
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4
3
2
1
0
4 6 8 10 12 14 16

Amount of Coins Tosssed

4. Record the experimentally measured value pexp, (Be sure to round to the appropriate
number of significant figures.)

pexp = _____0.44______
5. What is the theoretically exact value of the intercept? (That is, what would you
expect to obtain if your measurements were all exact?) _____0.1094_______

6. Compute your fractional error:

fractionalerror=¿ p− pexp ∨ ¿ ¿
p

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fractionalerror=¿ −0.44∨ ¿ =0.12 ¿
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